On Bloody Sunday: A New History of the Day and Its Aftermath by Those Who Were There

by Julieann Campbell

Book Overview

The first ever complete oral history of one of the darkest episodes in modern Irish history

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In January 1972, a peaceful civil rights march in Northern Ireland ended in bloodshed. Troops from Britain's 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment opened fire on marchers, leaving 13 dead and 15 wounded. Seven of those killed were teenage boys. The day became known as 'Bloody Sunday'.

The events occurred in broad daylight and in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800960433
• ISBN13: 9781800960435
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Monoray
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.0" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Setting the Record Straight

I had a rough idea of what happened in Northern Ireland on Bloody Sunday, in 1972. But this book gave a real eye witness account, and also gave details about the years of cover-up on the part of the British government, and what it took for the British to finally admit that none of the 13 dead or 13 wounded presented a danger to British Soldiers. Not the wounded man shot do death as he tried to crawl to safety, or the father shot as he tried to protect his wounded son, or any of them.